Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-10-23

81 20 Ill, oct. 22.-The gres
81 CHlO2tIs srahsm Lincoln wss UNVEILED
st'iug 5..-1oon in Lincoln park in th'
tSiS NJ n 3 large crowd that had braveC
pr c5i!ly lake winds and assembled t.
TIE Gu, 3-e ceremony. Shortly before
Viz the booming Of cannon
0''lvss t5e multitude and as the
't'S' def away over the water O.
;oal0 Wf,5fasn, little "Abs" Lincoln.
b L'se ,a - If r 36eTt Lincoln, stepped upon
t1s Syn - 4 flag covered the brorzs
n the oL - his grandfather and ne pulled
q a5aEe S =. which held the cover
the me me folds slowly Enclosed arc
ing. 4 5own st the base. The tall figure
dI CiPsgr.sIm Lincoln shOne brightly IA the
OF AI Lsic5 struggled through the clouds,
SUI -. 80 sudous cheer went up from
S90) people assembled, and
!. ~ Vas Joined a moment IGteF
~" rosr from the cannon. NJ.
y :. Withrow, one If the tfGstees
I nv rates fund out of which the cost Of
o. 1- -s. D was betrayed, formally pre-
DO 80 5.1 the figure to the Lincoln park
SEM and Mr.. W. G.. GoJdy replied in
o9 oitt n the board. The Grafton was de-
osla" hg Leonard SWEET whose
A,..-S.ta polinCal, social and
l1..---ostfc -eletions with the great Presi-
9 lL. b,ve inside him one Of the best in
as I. - men now living. AS g condensed
tsjogrsphy Of Lincoln it mas not been ex-
oeiisd. It contains
''4'- -I,r,rr,1sCENCES AND ANECDOTES
IN have never before been published.
VIZ ". --o1Id not have been possible for any
80. =. so soil on the globe or any country
S o.5or Than America or any other
v .s--;ii,,tiop than our own to have
C -.-.51ce5 him. he was emphatiCaIlv the
i5Td Of t1e republic and the product Of
- t,ss,tusicps. He wSs Of the people
v rt 1 DIV the people," After giving brief
aIS c Of lincoln's youth, Mr.. SWEET con-
tiDued; RI.
T;1coIn wss his personal popularity. No
a~o who knew MIN knew another man
I.ts him rode the Eighth Judicial cir
onjf with him for eleven years. In
tse scsnty provisions of those times,
- rule, | slept with him.
uis character Was that Of
eZffeme simplicity and great directness.
Nlotslpg TO him was made for cover and
Usrrntb5for the body snd not for orna-
mgps. lie uever in his life got the better
If his feuoWmen in q trade and never
Iosned money on interest. l never knew
him but once to borrow money or give
bis note"
Mr., SWEET then spoke briefly Of well
known events which led up TO the cleo
fion of Mr.. Lincoln as President, and
continued: 81 believe he deserved Sec
and nomination because that involved
the approval by the common people,
Whom he slWSvs loved and cOlfded in,
Of the course which he had taken often in
Great doubt during his first administrs-
ticn: vet he would do nothing and would
allow no friend to do anything
70 obtain it. He looked with indifference
upoa the Vaccinations against him in his
Cabinet, and wi b Indifference upon the
Sepstors and members Of Congress.
For tie action CT the common people, as
expressed in the preliminary conventions
sd resolutions Of the state legislature
the people as though an electrical chord
Of sympathy extended from him to them.
They did not disappoint him, and finally
when second convention convened in
Baltimore in May, the only contest
there was as TO who should have the hon
or Of putting Mr.. Lincoln in nomination.
The sublime and GRO gDing characteristic
Of Mr.. Lincoln, however, was his SELL
reliance. During the eleven years
Wss with him st the bar of this state,
have known him never to ask the advice
Of friend about anything. During the
four yesrs Of his administration l never
heard Of his doing this. I never knew him
in preparation for a trial, or the
perplexity of It il court, to turn to
his associate and ask his advice. And
herein nay I be permitted TO mention
smother very remarkable and useful trait
OF bis character. Il was his mental equi-
pOise which was disturbed st moth
ing and diverted from the path
way It had msrked out by nothing,
although prosecuting the war, but
simply rom sense of duty and not be-
LIEF CT its success. Yet he kept right on
srd Was neither depressed by
disasters nor elsted by success.
lie seemed to comprehend the magui-
tude Of the contest in which
ne was engaged more thoroughly than
any otter man. In short he was the
sITo5S man OF the contest, and the great
men s: Washington learned TO gain re-
neWed courage from his Calmness, to
-
port"
Mr. SWEET in conclusion said: Sand
ne has made the Journey TO the great IN
SHOWN. Before him Washington, Frank
IN and Knox had gone. Before him all
Iae great and good men who laid securely
AAo well the broad foundation of this re-
puoAc had fallen before the only
ICE their Valor and courage
COULD not Withstand. They have gone,
ana slI we know of that great and final
quincy to the unknown, is that all of
ouf race goes there, but no
ole returns. We see him in his
mage Of brCrZe shove, and recall his
sLeat Presence. All We know is that in
q. line hereafter when the state shall
sIOsa under the lash, or the poor groan
il5 something better than they hsd
aI9yWn, then. his name win be honored,
anu 1lS example initiated"